Merchants I Get Wise Let Ua Write Yon an Ad. mnd we'll open your eyes WITH INCREASED BUSINESS ^Through The Columns of The FartnviUe Enterprise IT REACHES ? THE PEOPLE .LI IJ , .Ml I. - .1' I. I. ,11.11 ^ 1 -> > ' ? . Subscription 91 a Yew In Advance. 1 ? I J- ? ? ?? X'"', . ? 1 I l ((III. II -II 1- -T FARMV1ULK, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, Al'llIL 9, 1915 ' r i i ? ? ' 1 * ' ? ? G. A. ROUSE. Editor. JUST A CASE ? OF WHY? Why do you cootlnue to re tide in ibis community? Why do you want to see the community prosper? Why do you want to see some of Europe's gold (low into ihe pockets of your neighbors, orl into your own? Why do you want to see bumper crops? Why do you want to see local industries humming? Why. do 3 bu want to see every- J body working, and c.vning 1 money? Why do you want to see new Wood come in, new works go up, new mouths to feed, aadl . plenty of money for the feeding? Why do you want to see the! schools continued, the churches supported, and public improve- 1 ments inaugurated from year to I year? . Why do you want see a thnv- 1 log, growing, prosperous, happy J community, any waV? ] Why do you want to see all of 1 these things? ' I?n*l it a matter of fu?5t be cause they contribute to your own prosperity? b And if that is true, just be hon est with yourself and ask your ' self a few more "whys." For instance: Why don't you keep your ? money at home? Why do you send away for goods when you know you can buy them jufl as economically at home? ' Why do you send your money away for the enrichment of out siders when you know it con tributes jufl that much toward the impoverishment of your own town, of your own community, of yourself? Why do you send your money to some city millionaire, where it goes to swell his enormous bank account, or to buy a thous ? and dollar coat for his wife, or a new affinity for himself. Why do you send your money away and deprive our local ?V churches and other worthy in&i tutions of support, when you know at leail a portion of that ' money goes to swell the rampant vice of a big city? ?Why do you seek to throttle the prosperity of your own home by sending ydur bard earned dollars uway to Grangers who consider you but "another sutl er hooked?" Why decrease the circulation of money at home, and thereby depreciate the value of your own property? . Why write your name in his tory as a knocker, a kille/, a destroyer, as a local blight? Why kick yourself down lull, anyway? 4 The blindest man on earth is the ifellow who robs himself, who deftroys hi? own com munity, who seeks to cover our >.':'v>aS countrywide with th# cob mh webs Of \?-< How tight, brother? wB8r?yK-:' visi dollars Don't Be a Pessimist. A pessimist is a queer fellow. He couldn't be much else, bo, cause be is a pessimist. He borrows your horse and then kicks at his gait. He begs a cigar and complains of the quality. He profits from the prosperity of his town and then gives it a kick. Heliilens-lon five dollar ser mon and then droos a nickel on the oolledion plate. In the height of prosperity he sees nothing but gloom ahead. He gloats over his own virtues andraliesat the frailties of his neighbgta. ? SA- . He was born with a grouch, lives the life of a grouch, dies the death of a grouch, and turns hell into a relm of grouch. Don't be a pessimist. On The Trot. . t This world is on a Irot, and it .is f omc trot. We have the fox trot, he tur key trot, the dog trot, and the gold trot and the silly trot. And everybody's trotting. If we don't trol for one thing, | we trot for another. The young man trots along in | the wake of the dainty maid. The bald head trots- around | hunting for any kind of a skirt. * The millionaire trots ia hor-| ness with his affinity, j| The dude 'rots in the halo of his own silliness. The miser trots aftek Iiis gold, and the grafter trots the road to hell. The politician trots in the limelight of publicity, and the) voter Jrots at'his beck and call. Thehypocrit trots around in the cloak of religion, and the godly man trots after the squIs men;- : -< ? Death trots in the trenches of Europe, while misery and for vation trot over the heartstrings of the women and children left at home. Everybody's on the trot, and it is a fati and furious .trot,' with every man for himself and Satcn takes the bindmolt trotter. If you would succeed in this life you mu& trol, for only the trotters reach the goals of today It is the day of the trot, and we are essentially n people of to ? ik For ?ve trot. The Cotft ol Saving a Doflsr. I There is a fellow in this county ti i *?* * mi Webster tells us that a gossip is a person "who runs about telling and Hearing news."' But times have changed since his day. His definition of a gossip has become very weak and lacking in descriptive force. Common consent is more up-to-date* more accurate and just in its verdict; an4 by common consent the pro fessional gossip has been designated as a thing in human shape with more mouth than brains. Tbe town gossip can without 0 doubt do diore harm in one hour than a whole community of consciencious people can overcome in a lifetime of effort. Gossip in Us true stense is the breeder ' of scandal, the wrecker of reputation, the blighter of all hopes,* the bane of humanity, atid the advance agent of the devil. The gossip has but ode creed, and that is the crucifix ion of innocence and the perpetuation in infamy. And tbe tongue of the gossip is so forktid it would bring the blush of shame to th6 (ace of that other reptile of tbe split tongue species? the snake. The gossip JiveA but to revel in the slime of iiJsinua ? tions and innuendoes and calumnies.' Scandal is the bred ^f life to the gossip, and the greatest desiri- and most intense longing of. the professional if for "more gossip." . The- flock in trtide of the gossip is like thp rainbow it has no end, It jufl keeps on going and enlarging and crucifying until if blights ? -erythtog it encounters. It is like the breath of hell upon cheek of ttnnngel. The gossip construes the idle pastime of the innocent maiden inio tbe intrigues of a subtle and poisoned brain. He or she meddi js in the private affairs of everybody within reach of the victrolic tongue,. peers, behind the cur tains Of every home and erccfls skeletons in closets wtiere none exiil. Tfio tongue of the gotsip is the mofl poison ous and dedly inflrument of torture in existence. It has no regard for truth, veracity, or for human suffering. The poisonous reptile Writes- and inflicts a mercifully quick death, 6tttr thHto(isitr'^aim;, lacerates and crucifies until the human soiil is scared with its burden of agony. When God created the heavens and the earth He in Aided humany with the presence' of snakes and Oth^r ' slimy and oozy and pestiferous and oddrforius objeCls of loathing, but, we have no idea He jwas so unmerciful as to inflict us with the gossip.? F< W. Barber. - .. intellectual vat), while he^jiails along in their dust. , . ; He is realiy a ' bright fellow, but because of. his lack of know ledge concerning current events he is generally receded a* slow. Does it pay him to hold .omo that dollar tbnt would pay for his home paper a yenr? -Apparently he thinks it docs. But wha? do you think? ' ?' * ' < ' ' ytSB '. K? . ? I But ^ntlespritg is' not so ' ,'J 11 ... A good way to avoid the dis comforts of spring sickness is to| keep well. * , Did yon sidetrack April 1 with out having some fond joker iviripe you with the truth. ?t ? . i . * 1'1 ' i Wfc?i ?r Yoa Nn4 ? Oeoer?l Tootc Talw Qrem'n The Old 8Usd*id Grcre'i Tastelew chill Ton to i* Mostly valuable M a General Tonkr becaaae it OMUlua tke **8&"SS?SX?2SFSZ!? BiSr; ? K ?ptt* BYNUM'S SCHOOL PLAY PLEASES. The play from Bynum's School, Greene county, present ed In the opera house here Wednesday evening was greatly enjoyed by a .good audience, and had inclement weather not prevailed, no doubt but the audience would have been doubled. However, they played to a $36.25 house, and everybody who went wis highly pleased with the program of entertain ment furnished. So far this is the third time this school ba< presented this at traction, which has proved a great benefit. As to date they havq raited $132.80. This school a few years ago was only a little two-by-four af fair, operating with a low salaried teacher in h little one room hut by the side of the road, biit today, in the same spot glands a ( moderrt three-room building equipped with all the latc? improved furniture and has skilled and learned iwrudl ors. The children of the com munity are enjoying equal edu cational advantages of any town in the county. When Peace Comes When the dove of peace flut ters over Europe, and tranquility again spread? its wings over that unhappy land, an era of tremen dous prosperity will be opened up to the United States. .The demand for our produdls win be greater than our power to supply. Every conccivable iqduitry will be taxed to its utmost to meet the insidont cry from abroad. ( t . _ Every farmer* -every manufac turer,. every laborer will be called upon to work unceasingly that the ever increasing demand for produces may.be met. Juit what condition are we, of this community, m to reap our full share of this coming influx of foreign gold? Are our farmers utilizing every foot of ground, that the greatest of all crops may be produced? Are our manufacturers laying their plans for an increased out put of their wares? Are we, as a people, alive U> the glorious opportunity that ap proaches? If not the time is opportune for us to be up and doing. Work will accomplish, mnny things. But opportunity and procrasti nation never clasp hands. STOP AND TAKE NOTICE IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO YOU I Are you thinking 'of buying yourseit a nice watch soon? I can save- ? you money ii you will call on me before you buy. A7 jewel Wdth in a 20 year Crow size is onl: in a 20 year Huatin 12 she 20 yea A 1? Je??l Sfc pleic in 20 year sc hb or Elgin complete i case, nickle move lam nkkle movements I case, sise 16. $10.50 2* Pi st n or Walltwm com fi ngs from $1. to $6. . for babies, only 40 and 50c, Gold cuff buttons, from $2. up. L?*j? solid gold neck chains, 50c. up. Ladies set rings front $2. up. solid gold. Men's and boy's signet rings, *2. up. G?ta cameo scarf pins from $1.25 up I^dtet three span tango bracelets $1,50 Menasoiid gold tie clasp, only $1. Ladies' solid gold cuff pins, only 75c. Ladles or gents &ud buttons die Inter ?ee what you can buy for ?' small jewelry from a reliable jeweler wl of money. Now is your have known for years. J. Loyd Horton Attorney-At-Law Room* 3-*-3a. Horton Building Practices wherever scr vlccs arc desired. Farmvllle, N. Carolina. FARMVILLE LODGE L 0. 0. F. No. 373. Meets every Monday night in K. of P.- hall in the Horton Build ing. All visiting Brothers wel come. FARMVILLE LODGE, No. 218 . K.ofP. Meets Every Tuesday Night in their Hall in Horton Bldg. Visitiijg Br6thcra Welcome DR. PAUL E. JONES DENTIST Office in Lang Building FARMVJLLE - N.C. . W. C. DRESBACH Civil Engineer & Surveyor Greenville, N. C. COUNTY SURVEYOR FOR PITT. ? ' ' 'V' ^ . I ' * et m.